You've heard about the fire ant problem on the hill. They're in our yards and in the fields. We've tried nearly every chemical remedy out there with limited success. Usually, when we poke the hills with a stick the next day, no ants boil out. But, a day or two later, a new hill will spring up a few feet away.
I hate poisons and have tried various home remedies - sugar and borax, dish detergent, etc.
The ants in the garden didn't even investigate the sugar and borax remedy.
Today, as I was frying bacon to go with the season's first tomato (picked yesterday), it occurred to me that fire ants are meat eaters, as is clear from a glance at my ankles. So when that grease cooled down a little, I put a 50/50 mix of borax and bacon grease in a plastic container, poked some holes in it, and set it by a fire ant hill. Thirty minutes later, the ants were investigating it. I don't know if they're actually eating it, or how long it will take to "off" them if they do eat it.
Tomorrow, I'll poke a stick in the hill and see what happens.
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